Thursday, April 4, 2013

In the News ... "Blind activist speaks on Chinese communism"

Audrie Palmer, Reporter
ChinaAid founder Bob Fu presents Chen
Guangcheng with an award during a
banquet at the Midland Country Club.
Photo: James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - 130,000 ... the number of pregnant women a Chinese civil rights activist said that he documented in his local area of China that were forced to have an abortion; 600,000 ... the number of family members, friends and neighbors that were tortured and arrested for helping to hide the pregnant women.

Chen Guangcheng, who made international headlines last year when he escaped to the United States, spoke to a crowd of 225 Tuesday evening at the Midland Country Club.

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